Federal contractor · SYRACUSE, NY

S. J. THOMAS CO., INC.

S. J. THOMAS CO., INC. received $8.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−53% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $70.6M. Its largest customer was Public Buildings Service ($8.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.9M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
18%
UEI
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Small businessHUBZone firm
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 1.4MFY2019
  4. 9.4MFY2020
  5. 7.4MFY2021
  6. 3.2MFY2022
  7. 10.6MFY2023
  8. 5.8MFY2024
  9. 18.7MFY2025
  10. 8.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Public Buildings Service$8.9M100%
    11 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Construction & real property$8.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Monroe County, NY$5.1M57%
  2. Oneida County, NY$1.6M18%
  3. Albany County, NY$1.3M14%
  4. Jefferson County, NY$788.7K8.9%
  5. Niagara County, NY$99.8K1.1%
  6. Onondaga County, NY$75.1K0.8%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions18%
    US 8.7% · $1.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. RENOVATION OF BPS ROCHESTER$5.1M
    Public Buildings Service· Monroe County, NY· Construction & real property· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· 47PC5226F0045
  2. THE AWARD TO SJ THOMAS IS FOR $3,077,723.00 FOR THE THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS.$4.3M
    Public Buildings Service· Monroe County, NY· Construction & real property· Apr 18, 2023 – Jun 29, 2026· 47PC0223C0007
  3. THIS CONTRACT ACTION IS TO AWARD THE KEATING FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT- CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS DETAILED IN THE THE STATEMENT OF WORK DATED 3/2/23 FOR A TOTAL OF $3,209,000.00. THE CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE IS 7/17/24.$3.4M
    Public Buildings Service· Monroe County, NY· Construction & real property· Jul 20, 2023 – Jan 28, 2026· 47PC0223F0054
  4. THE CONSTRUCTION TASK ORDER AWARD TO SJ THOMAS FOR THE AERIAL WALKWAY BRIDGE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT- CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LOCATED IN ALBANY, NY IS FOR A TOTAL OF $2,615,800.00 WITH THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF 5/27/25 TO 3/3/26.$3M
    Public Buildings Service· Albany County, NY· Construction & real property· May 28, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 47PC0225F0017
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AWARD FOR $2,659,000.00 TO SJ THOMAS IS FOR THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THE STATEMENT OF WORK DATED 7/7/23 IN THE O'BRIEN FEDERAL BLDG. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FROM 12/07/23 TO 10/20/24.$2.9M
    Public Buildings Service· Albany County, NY· Construction & real property· Dec 14, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026· 47PC0224F0016
  6. TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE HANLEY 13 FLOOR ATF PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,603,831.24.$1.8M
    Public Buildings Service· Onondaga County, NY· Construction & real property· Feb 14, 2023 – Oct 17, 2025· 47PC0223F0023
  7. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALEXANDER PIRNIE FEDERAL BUILDING AND COURTHOUSE IN UTICA, NY DUE TO VARIOUS BUILDING ELEMENTS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD (ABAAS)$1.6M
    Public Buildings Service· Oneida County, NY· Construction & real property· Dec 23, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 47PC5326F0005
  8. DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR THE LEO W O BRIEN FEDERAL BUILDING MEPS OFFICE REFRESH PROJECT IN ALBANY, NEW YORK.$930K
    Public Buildings Service· Albany County, NY· Construction & real property· May 19, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 47PC5326F0167

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $5.6M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2022: $1.7M paid out · $1.7M received
  • FY2023: $1.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $1.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $1.2M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

17 companies · $6.5M reported

  1. ECKERT MECHANICAL LLC$981.6K
    ALBANY, NY · 2 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  2. ERIE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.$854.6K
    EAST SYRACUSE, NY · 4 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
  3. LUPINI CONSTRUCTION, LLC$734.9K
    UTICA, NY · 2 subawards · Nonresidential building construction

Primes that pay it

No prime reported paying it.

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BURCHICK CONSTRUCTION CO INC$32.3M+18% in FY2026
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Nonresidential building construction
  2. A.R.E. DESIGN & BUILD, LLC$31.5M−33% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Nonresidential building construction
  3. PATTON CONTRACTORS INC$35.6M+0.4% in FY2026
    FORT WORTH, TX · 99.7% of this company's obligations are in markets they both servePublic Buildings Service · Nonresidential building construction

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.